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Marriage Is a Covenant

Another reason why marriages are in such turmoil in our society today is because we have lost a sense of covenant in our culture. Marriages are looked at as temporary agreements. If something changes in the terms of the agreement, an individual wants to get out of marriage. This is not how the Bible looks at marriage. In other words, we not only need to change our concept of love, we also need to change our concept of marriage. 

We need to decide to view marriage in biblical terms instead of our cultural terms. According to the Scriptures, marriage is a covenant. When people made covenants in the Old Testament, they would swear to keep them with their own lives. God’s faithful relationship with us is called a covenant. The Bible presents an Old Covenant between people and God that was based on law. Now, it also contains a New Covenant between people and God that is based on the death of Christ. The Lord views marriage as a covenant as well. Moreover, it is a covenant where He is a witness. It is a holy union where God pronounces the two individuals to be one.

God is called to witness a marriage covenant promise. That is why we have our weddings in church and call them holy matrimonies. This means that when we make the promise to stay married to our spouse, we make it before God. In other words, our promise is not just to our spouse. Our promise to remain faithful in marriage is a promise to God. We are responsible before God to keep our covenant. 

This covenant relationship is meant to last for a lifetime. It lasts for good, for better, and for easy; it must last for worse, for tough, and for ugly. We are obligated to our spouse. Obligation is not a bad word. We are obligated by the Word of God to stay faithful to our spouse for a lifetime. When we enter marriage with such understanding, it will help us to weather the storms that life and our spouse’s personality might bring our way. Marriage is a covenant among three persons: God, the husband, and the wife.